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I agree the first helmet looks like it was written with a modern sharpie Marker the ink and style look totally bogus IMO. Which is a shame. 🫣

Sometimes you have to go with your gut and mine says run the other direction
 
Well according to wiki, The American Lee Newman patented a felt-tipped marking pen in 1910. 🫢

So it is possible that the name was by the owner, but it could have been added much later, I wasn’t there when it was written.

My grandmothers sister had a shop for school equipment in the 30/40 ties, and when she died we found an untouched stock of all kinds of writing material , and a felt pen was not among it, maybe that’s why I assumed it was a lot younger., when I thing of it now we should have kept all that stuff together…but it was fun playing with it as kids.
 
Spiker said:
Well according to wiki, The American Lee Newman patented a felt-tipped marking pen in 1910. 🫢

So it is possible that the name was by the owner, but it could have been added much later, I wasn’t there when it was written.

My grandmothers sister had a shop for school equipment in the 30/40 ties, and when she died we found an untouched stock of all kinds of writing material , and a felt pen was not among it, maybe that’s why I assumed it was a lot younger., when I thing of it now we should have kept all that stuff together…but it was fun playing with it as kids.
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I always seem to have trouble following discussions on forums when in person things are made so much clearer.

So just to be sure you guys think that the name in the first helmet pictured was written by a felt tip marker by the owner of the helmet during the period of Imperial Germany.

Just to be on the same page and that I understand correctly the felt tip marker was invented in 1910 quickly moved into mass production and imported into Germany and an enlisted soldier bought one and had it with him while the country was at war when this helmet was issued in 1915 or 16 and wrote his name in the helmet.

Here I always thought that the only ink pens used in the period of Imperial Germany during the war were versions of fountain pens and maybe safety and trench pens and the Onoto self-filing fountain pens.

I never had any idea that felt tip markers were used in Imperial Germany before and during the war. You really can learn new things here every day.

I'm now on the hunt for a wide felt tipped marker to put with my Imperial German Officers desk set that has an ink well and blotter. Really interesting. (y)
 
A coincidence, or someone took apart two items from the same legacy to make a few euros more. Would be very disappointing.
 
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